In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
MORTIFIED
embarrassed, humiliated, mortified
(adjective) made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; “too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street”; “humiliated that his wife had to go out to work”; “felt mortified by the comparison with her sister”
gangrenous, mortified
(adjective) suffering from tissue death
MORTIFY
necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate
(verb) undergo necrosis; “the tissue around the wound necrosed”
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
(verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; “He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss”
mortify, subdue, crucify
(verb) hold within limits and control; “subdue one’s appetites”; “mortify the flesh”
mortify
(verb) practice self-denial of one’s body and appetites
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
mortified
simple past tense and past participle of mortify
Adjective
mortified (comparative more mortified, superlative most mortified)
(informal) Acutely embarrassed.
Source: Wiktionary
Mor"ti*fied, imp. & p. p.
Definition: of Mortify.
MORTIFY
Mor"ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mortified; p. pr. & vb. n. Mortifying.] Etym: [OE. mortifien, F. mortifier, fr. L. mortificare; L. mors, mortis, death + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Mortal, and -fy.]
1. To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.
2. To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action. [Obs.] Chaucer. Quicksilver is mortified with turpentine. Bacon. He mortified pearls in vinegar. Hakewill.
3. To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble. With fasting mortified, worn out with tears. Harte. Mortify thy learned lust. Prior. Mortify, rherefore, your members which are upon the earth. Col. iii. 5.
4. To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress. The news of the fatal battle of Worcester, which exceedingly mortified our expectations. Evelyn. How often is the ambitious man mortified with the very praises he receives, if they do not rise so high as he thinks they ought! Addison.
Mor"ti*fy, v. i.
1. To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene.
2. To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline. This makes him ... give alms of all that he hath, watch, fast, and mortify. Law.
3. To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
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